Technology and Sustainable Futures (TSF) - Department of Informatics

TSF Technology and Sustainable Futures

The TSF research group envisions future worlds in which digital technologies produce thriving social and natural communities and environments. We work towards more sustainable futures through a radical rethinking of digital technologies. Our practice focusses on the co-creation and sharing of knowledges and imaginaries. We take a systems-oriented and critical approach to technological, social, and ecological transformation, with the aim of creating more harmonious futures for all living beings.

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Approach

The research team is highly interdisciplinary, combining approaches and theories from futures studies, philosophy, ethics, critical theory, STS, design, and informatics. Conceptual and theoretical work is combined with empirical, speculative, and practice-based research in partnership with industry and civil society. Our activities are based on our four core values:

The "Four C's" of TSF: Critical, Constructive, Collaborative, Caring

Sustainable Futures Lab

The Sustainable Futures Lab is a research lab in which we engage with sustainability and speculative practice through workshops, events, and other activities. The Lab is a meeting place for all researchers and students working on sustainability issues at IFI.

Ongoing projects

The Materials Library of Stones | Maja van der Velden, Andrea Gasparini, and Siv Årsand.
EMPOWER: Sustainable Batteries in Mobility | Maja van der Velden and Arian Mahzouni.
Reimagining AI for Social and Ecological Flourishing | Henrik Skaug Sætra, Enya Esuna Rogerson